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Heuchera elegans
Also called Urn Flowered Alumroot
Urnflower alumroot is a rhizomatous perennial with lobed leaves and drooping, bell-shaped pink or magenta flowers, native to the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California. Grow it in well-drained soil with some shade and protection from heat and wet winters.
Heuchera elegans is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name urn-flowered alumroot.
It is endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California, where it grows on the rocky slopes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heuchera elegans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
